As Jacks savage behavior increased he was then able to take authority over the boys, which then influenced the boys to become savage and accept barbarism as a way to survive on the island. ... Another reason that dictatorship was able to overtake democracy was due to the fact that there was no adult authority upon coming on the island, hence the boys embracing barbarism. ... I'm the reason why it's no go? ... One of these factors included the strong and possessive hold upon leadership in which Jack possessed, another factor was the fact that there was no adult authority upon the isla...

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This claim shows that Clifford feels that beliefs should only be formed if there is absolute evidence in favor of this belief. ... He had no evidence to base a belief on; he only stifled his doubts. ... Clifford first says that these "agitators" in the commission could not get enough evidence to prove the accused were guilty and the rest of that country looked at these agitators as dishonorable and untrustworthy because they had nothing to base their beliefs of guilt on. Clifford then varies the case, saying that even if the investigation were fruitful and the accused were guilty, the agita...

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" The flash backs that were intended to explain the marriage and relationships were not clear and therefore, were not effective. ... One example of this was when one scene took place on Amy and Paul's wedding day where Bobby asked Amy to marry him after she backed out of her own wedding and then the scene that followed took place in Bobby's apartment with one character holding a birthday cake for Bobby and the five couples surrounding him with no clue as to when each event took place. The jump between the two scenes that were unrelated confused the audience as to when the scene ...

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When Aristotle says substance in the truest and primary and most definite of the word, is that "which is neither predicable of a subject nor presents in a subject", he is saying that physical things are a substance and there would always be something to describe them in other words a predicate from a subject but substances themselves cannot be predicates with other substances. ... Aristotle talked about secondary substances which were characteristics of primary substances. ... In other words if we go back to the example of the apple, taking away the characteristics and the qualities of the app...

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Erasmus believed that any man led on by his desires and passions could not possibly do any good to society because they were not reasonable or wise, and were only slaves of folly. ... Passions and desires blind a person from living life in an ideal manner, and Erasmus believes that money is no different. ... Other men, "marries a woman's money, not herself, another for a small and uncertain gain exposes his life to the casualties of seas and winds, which yet no money can restore. ... And some there are that think them easiest attained by courting old childless men with presents; and other...

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Valentine fulfills her role with wit, intelligence, courage and strength, proving that being a female in a city of organised crime, predominantly run by males is no problem for her. ... There is Claudia's circle of contacts, Lavenders circle of contacts and they are all connected, not so much as mutual friends rather then as the city's circle of contacts. ... As Claudia explores and conveys the idea that in spite of an appealing exterior beauty and perfection there almost always is a hidden truth and puzzle of corruption. ... Other characters from Lavenders contacts were those such a...

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I was utterly disgusted at the fact that designers such as Donatella Versace could use these sticks to promote there hard work. Looking at some other models who were not as skinny as the versace models, I couldn't help compare myself to them, Infact after 5 minutes of envying the models because of there body shapes, I could not help but wish I was like them. ... So then you wanted to be like a model; skinny, perfect and beatuful. ... We have already learnt, from reading the Echo news digest that "images promoted by the fashion industry and the media were one significant reason to why gir...

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The fact that there is so much freedom in this world acts as an instigator to the act of binary thinking which serves as a process to construct an identity. ... The first thing the cadets were told to do was shave their heads. ... The cadets were forced into having a particular kind of a persona at the Citadel. They had no other options as they chose not to rebel because that would cause injuries to them from the upperclassmen at the Citadel. ... The cadets were also forced to help dress each other and were provided less space for an independent life. ...

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As eight years passed and there was no sign of Martin Guerre hope to see him once again became less evident. ... The uncle and brothers of Arnaud du Tihl, the imposter of Martin were ashamed as he had brought dishonor upon his family, as like Bertrande who has brought shame upon the Guerre household. ... The years that were full of lies and deception are responsible for the dishonor that had fallen before Martin and not Bertrande. Nonetheless, Martin realizes that he feels no reason to blame Bertrande for the "dishonor befallen" upon him as it was merely a consequence of his absent that in ...

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Within ˜Cousin Kate' there is a sense of expectation within the female characters of the poem when it comes to men, but the narrator realizes that to become truly happy she must break away from typical social expectations. The power that men had in the Victorian period is presented through the relationships between characters in the poem, as the liberties that women had in this time were limited. ... " By this stage the atmosphere in the poem is relaxed yet regretful, and no signs of tension and anger are present. However, Rossetti then heightens that sense of regret by using such ...

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